endovascular treatment of a huge hepatic artery aneurysm by coil embolization method: a case report

hepatic artery aneurysms are rare but potentially life threatening. we describe a novel case of a successful endovascular coil embolization of a huge hepatic artery aneurysm. a 67-year-old woman presented with recent abdominal pain that had begun from 2 weeks before referring to our hospital. sonographic and computerized tomographic (ct) findings revealed a huge hepatic artery aneurysm with 95 mm × 83 mm diameter. the patient underwent an endovascular technique. in aortic angiography, the celiac artery orifice and superior mesenteric artery were so narrow, so sonography was used in order to determine the exact position of the catheter in the celiac artery orifice. the aneurysm was thrombosed using coil embolization. pulsation of the aneurysm immediately disappeared. huge hepatic artery aneurysm can be safely treated using coil embolization.